The Gypsies: The Andy Griffith Show (TV Episode)

• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Domestic Comedy, Sitcom
• Themes: Small-Town Life
• Director: Alan Rafkin
• Main Cast: Vito Scotti
• Release Year: 1966
• Country: US
• Run Time: 30 minutes

Plot

Vito Scotti, Jamie Farr, Francesca Bellini, and Argentina Brunetti guest-star as a band of gypsies who bring their caravan into Mayberry. Correctly assuming that the visitors are less than honest, Andy tells them to leave, whereupon the gypsies place a curse on Mayberry, threatening to create a drought. Armed with "inside" weather information courtesy of a well-hidden shortwave radio, the gypsies are able to coerce the gullible townsfolk into allowing them to stay-but Andy is not quite so easily hoodwinked. Written by Roland MacLane, this episode originally aired on February 21, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide